[ODE] understanding ODE LGPL implications

[Joe Graham]

Hello,
Thanks that's a good suggestion.  I wouldn't want to offend the guy though
after putting forth all this work and then graciously offering it to the
world via LGPL.  ODE is a very robust library and in all likelihood I could
probably not expect to have any problems.  Maybe I would even be surprised
by the reverse engineering of such a library in a product I deploy.

-----Original Message-----
From: Burton Radons [mailto:loth@users.sourceforge.net]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:11 PM
To: Joe Graham
Cc: ode@q12.org
Subject: Re: [ODE] understanding ODE LGPL implications

Joe Graham wrote:

> Hello,
> I am trying to make sense of the LGPL in a commercial game project I am
> involved with.  Supposing we use ODE (a fine choice indeed!) for our
physics
> engine what would this mean under the LGPL in the following situations on
a
> windows client platform.


What I suggest is that rather than try to understand the vagaries of the
LGPL, get in contact with Russ and ask him what he considers appropriate
usage of his code and follow his personal conditions; they'll certainly
be more liberal than the formal LGPL, and will definitely be better
spelled out.